Returning to Sand

"The light after the storm, shows that hope was never gone."

You have seen this line all over this blog, in posts as well as the description to the right.  It was also one of the main inspirations behind the title of this blog, "Dancing Through the Rain."  This amazing line belongs to none other than David Hodges who co-wrote the song "Returning to Sand" with Tamar Kaprelian back in 2009.  He later released a re-recorded version on his December Sessions, Vol. 1 album.

This song has given me much strength over the years and has become a motto for life.  So even when times are tough, I know that  if  when I make it through the storm, there will be sunlight again.  Like Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians states, "Do you stop believing in the sun when clouds block it out?"  Hope is the exact same way.

When times are tough, the storm seems so dark and so oppressive.  But through our belief, we know the sun is still shining above those clouds, and we simply need to have faith and wait for the storm to pass in order to see the sunlight once again.

Don't be afraid to fall.

Don't be afraid to change.

Don't be afraid to feel.

Don't be afraid to learn.

Don't be afraid to grow.

Don't be afraid to love.

Don't be afraid to be you.

Don't be afraid to face the storm.

Returning to Sand

David Hodges

Tamar Kaprelian

Fate driven deep under the waves

An empire of gold

Returning to sand

Falling asleep to the rhythm of days

Watching the tide

Pull back again

I'm not afraid to fall

I've lived without water

I've walked through the fire before

I'm not afraid of change

'Cause I've dined with kings

And I've watched it be taken away

Leaving this town with wings and a prayer

These helpless streets

Are too dead for dreaming

The past made of thorns is a cross I must bear

At the edge of defeat

Miles from believing

And time will let mend we've broken...

I'm not afraid to fall

I've lived without water

I've walked through the fire before

I'm not afraid of change

'Cause I've dined with kings

And I've watched it be taken away

The light after the storm

Shows that hope was never gone

Fate driven deep under the waves

Empire of gold

Returning to sand

I'm not afraid to fall

I've lived without water

I've walked through the fire before

I'm not afraid of change

'Cause I've dined with kings

And I've watched it be taken away

Yeah, I've dined with kings

And I've watched it be taken away